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Issue: Vol. 3513 No. 1: 10 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3513.1.3
Page range: 61–67
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 2

Redescription of Sillago (Parasillago) indica McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985 (Perciformes: Sillaginidae), with a reassignment to the subgenus Sillago

Osaka Animal Plants Ocean College, 1-7-3 Sangenyahigashi, Taisho, Osaka 551-0002, Japan
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium; Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Checheng, Pintung 944, Taiwan
Fish Indian sillago Sillago (Sillago) indica swimbladder new record Vietnam

Abstract

The Indian sillago, Sillago indica McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985, is redescribed on the basis of three paratypes and two newly collected specimens.  The presence of two posterior extensions of the swimbladder instead of one suggests that it belongs to the subgenus Sillago.  Comments on its subgeneric status and comparisons with members of Sillago (Sillago) are provided.  Two specimens collected from Vietnam represent the first record of the species from the South China Sea, western Pacific Ocean.

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